Atheists are just mad at God!!!

[The_Evelyonian]

I've witnessed (and been involved in) a number of theist/atheist debates and it never ceases to amaze me how often atheists are accused of being angry with god. It makes no sense to me and I'd like to pose two questions here:

1. Why do you think this accusation is thrown around so much?

2. How does it make any sense for an atheist to be mad at something that they don't even believe exists?

 

[9-10ths_Penguin]

Seeing how it would be completely irrational to deny obvious facts and in the process damn onesself to eternal torment, I think this accusation implies that atheists are idiots.

 

[Revoltingest]

It makes sense...somewhat. Some people can't imagine a life without God.
To be angry at God would seem more likely than to be unaware of him.

You think I'm angry at God? Well, I'm far more p*****d at that stingy piker, Santa Claus!

 

[Twig pentagram]

I've witnessed (and been involved in) a number of theist/atheist debates and it never ceases to amaze me how often atheists are accused of being angry with god. It makes no sense to me and I'd like to pose two questions here:

1. Why do you think this accusation is thrown around so much?

2. How does it make any sense for an atheist to be mad at something that they don't even believe exists?

It's hard for some religious people to understand that others don't think like them. So they have to give themselves a satisfying explanation for that fact.

 

[TheStrife]

i dont think so... i am personally not mad at god. i just disbeleive in him...

 

[Rainbow Mage]

No offense, but when I've seen some Atheists who go on and on about how cruel and sadistic god is, and go on and on about how primitive and terrible Christian beliefs are, it does make me think some of them might be mad at god. Either that, or bitter at their parents for forcing them to believe that nonsense.

 

[PolyHedral]

Well, there would be plenty to mad at. The Biblical God isn't the nicest of people.

 

[Kilgore Trout]

Some people cannot fathom that other's don't believe their fantasies, so it's easier for them to invent some other explanation - generally an explanation that they can relate to, such as childish anger.

 

[Rainbow Mage]

Oh I don't think anger at god is the reason one might be an Atheist, persay, just that I think I have observed anger in some Atheists before.

 

[Father Heathen]

No offense, but when I've seen some Atheists who go on and on about how cruel and sadistic god is, and go on and on about how primitive and terrible Christian beliefs are, it does make me think some of them might be mad at god. Either that, or bitter at their parents for forcing them to believe that nonsense.

Pointing out how disgusting some portrayals of god are doesn't mean we're "mad at him".

Oh I don't think anger at god is the reason one might be an Atheist, persay, just that I think I have observed anger in some Atheists before.

Of course you have. There is a lot to be angry about when it comes to how religion impacts culture and politics. That still doesn't translate into "mad at god".

 

[Rainbow Mage]

Pointing out how disgusting some portrayals of god are doesn't mean we're "mad at him".



Of course you have. There is a lot to be angry about when it comes to how religion impacts culture and politics. That still doesn't translate into "mad at god".

I see your point

 

[sandandfoam]

I think it's just projection.

 

[9-10ths_Penguin]

No offense, but when I've seen some Atheists who go on and on about how cruel and sadistic god is, and go on and on about how primitive and terrible Christian beliefs are, it does make me think some of them might be mad at god. Either that, or bitter at their parents for forcing them to believe that nonsense.

Is Darth Vader a bad person?

 

[kai]

Is Darth Vader a bad person?

he is just misunderstood

 

[The_Evelyonian]

Is Darth Vader a bad person?

From a certain point of view.

 

[9-10ths_Penguin]

he is just misunderstood

From a certain point of view.

lol.


... but if I was to say that I though Darth Vader was a bad person, and that it was morally wrong of him to destroy Alderaan (which now that I remember more clearly, it was acutally Grand Moff Tarkin who did it, but for the same of this analogy, let's pretend it was Vader ), nobody would think that I believed that Darth Vader was a real person or that Alderaan was actually destroyed by the Death Star.

So why would people automatically assume that if I was to say that it was morally wrong of God to flood the Earth, that I actually believed in a literal God or a global flood?

 

[The_Evelyonian]

lol.


... but if I was to say that I though Darth Vader was a bad person, and that it was morally wrong of him to destroy Alderaan (which now that I remember more clearly, it was acutally Grand Moff Tarkin who did it, but for the same of this analogy, let's pretend it was Vader ), nobody would think that I believed that Darth Vader was a real person or that Alderaan was actually destroyed by the Death Star.

]So why would people automatically assume that if I was to say that it was morally wrong of God to flood the Earth, that I actually believed in a literal God or a global flood?

There is no reason (that I can see) to make the leap but, as I said in the OP, it happens remarkably often.

 

[Eliot Wild]

Well, personally, I'm mad at God because He allowed Darth Vadar and Grand Moff Tarkin to destroy Alderaan. Only a malicious, cruel, heartless god would allow such tragedy to occur to an entire planet. Ever since that happened, I've been unable to contain my anger at the Holy Father.

 

[Revoltingest]

Well, personally, I'm mad at God because He allowed Darth Vadar and Grand Moff Tarkin to destroy Alderaan. Only a malicious, cruel, heartless god would allow such tragedy to occur to an entire planet. Ever since that happened, I've been unable to contain my anger at the Holy Father.

A revolting ode to the God I hate.....

I also agree that God stinks.
He's yet to work out humans' kinks.
I'll cut him some slack
for clones who attack,
but never forgive Jar Jar Binks.

 

[Eliot Wild]

I also agree that God stinks.
He's yet to work out humans' kinks.
I'll cut him some slack
for clones who attack,
but not when he made Jar Jar Binks.

Ahhhhhh, me sa', me sa', me sa' dat good!! Me sa mad at God too. Ex-squeeze me sa, but God flood Gunga City ... He no good.


Edit: Okay, I got to do an edit .... I just can't speak or write Gungan. So, I apologize to everybody who stumbles upon this post.